Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part B
- Vidura helps Pandavas by telling them the evil plan so they set the guard-hose on fire to get revenge on the wicked captain Purochana. - Flames moved to the lac palace that houses a woman and her three sons which made everyone believe Kunti and the Pandavas had been killed, so Duryodhana thought he had succeeded. - Kunti and the Pandavas are now living in the forest again - Many demons tried to kill them - Hidimbi, a female demon, begs Kunti to have Bhima marry her. - Bhima defeats her brother, and they get married. They had a son Ghatotkacha, that stayed with the rakshasas and promised to help the Pandavas whenever needed. - Bhima helps the citizens of a town called Ekachakra by defeating their ruler Baka, whom demanded blood-tax. - Drupada has two children through supernatural birth (ritual). - There is a swayamwara to decide the daughters (Draupadi) husband - Kunti and the Pandavas, disguised as brahmins, attend - Drupada secretly longed for Arjuna to be his daughters hu...